Osman Omar Wehliye

General Osman Omar Wehliye "Gas-Gas" (Somali: Cismaan Cumaar Wehliye, Arabic: ًعثمان عمر ًآةآلئيآ) is a Somali military commander.

Osman Omar Wehliye
ًعثمان عمر ًآةآلئيآ
Chief of the Somali Police Force
Interim
In office
30 October 2014  30 April 2015
Prime MinisterAbdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
Preceded byMohamed Sheikh Ismail
Succeeded byMohamed Sheikh Hassan
Commissioner of the Somali Police Force
In office
16 March 2011  30 October 2014
Prime MinisterAbdiweli Sheikh Ahmed
Abdi Farah Shirdon
Abdiweli Mohamed Ali
Preceded byAli Hassan Mohamed
Personal details
Political partyIndependent

Career

From March 2011 to October 2014, Wehliye served as the Commissioner of the Somali Police Force.[1][2]

On 30 October 2014, he was appointed Interim Police Chief by Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, following the sudden death of former Police Chief Mohamed Sheikh Ismail.[3] Wehliye's term as Police Commissioner ended on 30 April 2015, when Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke appointed Mohamed Sheikh Hassan as the permanent Chief of Police.[4]

References

  1. Abdiaziz Guled (March 16, 2011). "Somalia:New Police Commander Takes Office". Suna Times. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  2. "Somali gov't warns Somali elderly men fighting along Al shabaab". Sh. M. Network. March 16, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  3. "Abdiwali Sheekh appoints Osman Gasgas as the Interim Police Chief". Goobjoog. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  4. "Somalia government appoints new Police Commissioner". SomaliCurrent. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.


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